The Sun. — London, England, 1826-05-31 00:00:00

PITT CLUB. Yesterday the triennial toiebration of the birth-day of the illotriona and irarnortai WILLIAM PITT, took place at Merchant Tailors' Hall. Lord Kewro'.:r occupied the Chair, supported on the right by the Lord Cblncellorp and on the left by the Earl of Westmorland. Earl &Vaunt, the Earl of Harewood, and many other distin guished Noblemen and Gentlemen graced the solemn occasion with their presence. The company eat down at half-past six o'clock, and a military band in the Music Gallery enlivened the festivity of the evening by playing several admired tunes. The opposite Gallery exhi bited a splendid assemblage of female beauty and fashion. After the usual toasts, • The Noble Cliata MAN rose. In proposing the appropriate toast of the awing, he felt it necessary, he said, to apologise for holding the chair for the second time, in a meeting so distin guished, and on an occasion so important. When he undertook to panegyrist Mr. Pitt there were two points iu the life and cha racter of that great man, to which he was most anxious to direct the attention of his admirers. Those points were suggested by the elegant eulogy of an anonymous writer, the author of " The Pursuit* of - Literature," who within the compass of a brief couplet, lianaged to combine the most brilliant traits which die tiNPAshed Mr. Pitt'. career. The lines were these " With two choice gifts Pitt well performed his part, Transcendent talents, and an honest heart." —(Loud applause).—To understand Mr. Pitt's character aright, and to perceive how eminently he deserved the praise of wisdom and moral rectitude, it was only necessary to take into considera tion the difficulties which he had to encounter, and the trium phant integrity and ability with which he passed from the commencement of his glorious career to its termination. Every page of his history bore abundant testimony to the possession of matchless talents. But talents alone could neither command the respect of coternporary witnesses, nor ensure the esteem of more impartial posterity. It was to a rare and happy combi nation of the most exalted mental endowments, with the most inflexible integrity, that Mr. Pitt owed the lasting record of his merits in the grateful recollections of his countryee— (Cheers.)-e-Faithfully discharging the duties which he owed to his King and his country, that incorruptible Statesman stood between the objects, of his protection and dangers of the first magnitude which threatened the Constitution from the violence 'of parties. To assign motives short of virtue—to attribute those of an impure and earthly character to the conduct of a Statesman, one must regard Linn as actuated by a love of wealth, an ambition for fame, or it thirst after power. Rut the object of that day's veneration was beyond the reach of any one of these imputations. The spring of all his actions, like the actions them selves, was pure and unblemished—it was generous anti unalloyed patriotism. As to wealth, it was known to all men how little the illustrious individual possessed ; and it was equally well known that he never attained any degree of power which he did not exercise for his country's good. An instance of his virtuous abstinence, in this respect was seen in his noble suppression of all private feeding, when affection prompted him to promote the ad vancement of his Rev. Tutor, an advancement, however,which he re linquished from conscientious motives. It was amongst the foremost wishes of Mr. Pitt to sustain the financial system of the country, SO as to afford the greatest possible mitigation to the burthens which that system imposed. But in this good design he was impeded when the country was driven by unsomprising necessity into the most arduous war in which it hid ever been engaged. Nothing certainly lay so near his heart as his country's interests, and to them he sacrificed every minor consideration. Yet there were not wanted at this day many who censured the acts of the immortal man, and declared his mind to have been all through in a state of obscuration. After the lapse of, thirty years those who undertook to condemn the Statesman's acts, would do well to mnsider the circumstances which determined those acts, and its them a candid mind could not fail to discover a complete jus tification of their wisdom and rectitude. It was an ordinary ob servation, that it was not right, in discussing the merits of public men, to make allusion to their private characters. This was a good-natured regulation, and one perhaps required by the general weakness and imperfection of every thing human. But in the case of Mr. Pitt it was not necessary to attend to any such consi derationa. No ; his private life was as amiable as his public life was great and splendid both were equally unimpeachable, equally proof against the shafts of calumny. The eulogy of the poet, once applied to a great, though. certainly not a good man, suited Mr. Pitt more completely than it did its original subject—" And to add greater honours to his name than man could give, he died jeering God."--The Noble Lord concluded by proposing... " The memory of ?dr. Pitt," which was drunk with entho " The Pilot that weathered the storm." The next toad was— " The Navy and Army of Great Britain."—Song, " Rule Britannia." The Noble Loan next preposed—" The House of Brunswick; and may they never forget the principles which placed them on the Throne of this Realm." After expressing the high gratifica tion with which he contemplated the sentiment expressed in the toast, he proceeded to consider what were the principles to which it alluded. They were, he said, two-fold ;—first, the establish. /mint of religious liberty; and, secondly, the security of our civil' liberties. If any other sentiment could be more dear to the human breast, he was at a loss to conceive what that sentiment ceuld be; and he therefore felt much indebted to the Cluh for having ad 'flitted the toast upon their list. Since the exclusion of a Monarch, who, for the sake of his own religious principles would have violated those of the Constitution, a valuable principle was connected with the hereditary succession to the throne which it never had before, namely—that it should be essentially Protestant. Applause. ) " The health of his Majesty's Ministers" having been drunk, • The LOAD CXANCELLOR, returned thinks on the part of his Noble and Right Ilea. Colleagues. They felt the compliment the more, he said, from the distinguished character of the as sembly by which it was conferred. To hold a place in the esteem of such men was indeed an honour, and a distinguished one.-..(Loud cheers.) Song, " My sin Fire-side." The next toast was..." Islay the principles of Mr. Pitt always animate the Council') of the Realm."--Song, " Now the bright Morning Star comes dancing from the West." The Earl of WiSTVLOKILAND proposed the health of the Noble President, which was received with every demonstration of delight. Lord Kenyon returned thanks. Be could not attribute this heist of kind feeling to any merit of his own ; he was conscious it intuit arise front the community of sentiment in which he was as soeiated with those around him. " The health of the Master, Wardens, and Brethren, dikter. Chant Tailors' Company" having been drunk, Mr. Bunskon returned thanks. After " the health of the Earl of liarewood" the. Noble Earl, in a neat and appropriate speech, expressed hie sense of the honour done him. The announcement of the next tout.••" The Lord Chancellor" —was received with a degree of enthusiasm which it would be difficult to describe. • The Loan Clixtrezeeoa, when the plaudits subsided, rose, evi dently under the influence of strong emotion, to return thanks. Hie first attempt to address the Company excited still louder peals of applause than those which had just preceded. His Loansnie hoped ha would be excused for the feeble expres. sine with which he could recognize so much kindness--for in truth he was overpowered by the intensity of his feeling. He had no boast to make ; all he could say was, that he had honestly die charged his duty.—(Loud applause.)--It was now twenty years since the great man whose memory they were this day assembled to celebrate was laid in his grave. But though his mortal re mains now mosildered in the tomb, hi s mime; would imperishably survive. He had the honour of attending th e fi rs t o f those meet ings whiclilhe gratitude of the people had instituted to the me mory of Mr. Pitt, and he had declared, that as long as God granted hint life .and health to witness ' each succeeding an yueen i ary, he would deem t a duty not to be alma., He had never solicited favours, but that illustrious man had conferral upon him the greatest favour which a professional own could receive. From the year 17S he dated the commencement of his own public career, and in 1792 ho had the honour to be appointed a Judge. shortly after followed the revolution in France. The financial affairs of England were then per plexed with unexampled embarrassments ; the whol e wor ld was a rrayed in arms against her , and it was impossible to con template the prospect which then presented' itself with out shuddering at the probable result. The operations of the wh o l e world seemed to be wrought against liberty, and even Engla n d wain not true to herself. Within the very bosom of the country lurked her domestic enemies, preaching sedition and treason. False theories of liberty and e q ualit y were raised, and substituted for the sonnd doctrines which were necessary to secure to Eng prosperity, Mr. Pitt was then tidied upon land her happiness and not only to meet the demands upon the finances and blood of the country, but to tit) what was in the highest degree painful to him, namely to abridge fur a time the liberties of his coun trymen, -in order by the temporary sacrifice of a part, to secure the eventu a l e n j o y men t of the whole. At that period he (the Noble Lord) did what-he conceived to be his duty, and he looked back with th e p ro ud an d gratified feeling of conscio us, rectitude to . the period of its performan ce , th oug h a t no other season of Ws life had he sustained such a Weight of uneasiness. It was new some consolation to him to reflect, that he had never omitted the dis charge of any duty, however repulsive, to which he had conceived himself conscientiously bound. The salvation of the country had no doubt rested upon its civil liberty ; but in some instances the principle of that liberty bad been carried so far, that unless it had for a time been suspended its further enjoyment would have been altogether precarious. It wai for the benefit of all his Majesty's subjects, without exception of persons or creeds, that the Consti tution should be supported in both Church and State, and there was no civil liberty in the country but what was founded on that union. If the Establishment wanted any merit—(he spoke not as to his own opinion)—lt might be, that it was not sufficiently tolerant. As to the degrees of toleration which might be expedient, there was a great diversity of opinion ; but in his humble judgment, toleration ought to be afforded to the fullest extent that was consistent with political safety. With regard to Mr. Pitt, he was guided in his notions of toleration by a just sense of the great and paramount interests to which he had pointed ; but the whole world did not contain that considera tion which could induce him to grant to the Roman Catholics, or to any other sect whatsoever, that which would endanger the secu rity of the Constitution. He would freely admit that others were perfectly sincere in their opinions, who thought that more ought to be granted than he was willing to allow. Granting therefore the credit of sincerity and freedom of expression to the opinions of others, let those who thought with him boldly and openly main tain the soundness of the sentiments which they entertained. The world well knew what his opinions were—they, were long since upon record, and he never felt difficulty or hesitation in avowing them; nor was there any inconsistency in his being among the warmest admirers of Mr. Pitt; for that great man acted upon principles which were directly in unison with his own. The Noble Lord, after proposing " Prosperity and perfect unity to the Pitt Club," sat down amidst cheers similar to those which marked his rising. The concluding toast was— " The Landed and Commercial Interest, and may they be for ever united." Which having been drunk, the Noble President, and the other Noble Lords, retired at half-past Ten o'Clock. SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. The friends and members of the above Society dined together yesterday, at the Freemason's Tavern, Mr. Justice PAR= in the Chair. Among the company present we observed the Bishops of Lon don, Durham, Chester, Exeter, Leighlin and Ferns, and several other dignitaries of the Church of England ; Lord Kenyon, W.H. 13ankes, M.P., the Attorney-General, Mr. Goulburn, &c. After the cloth was removed, the CIIAIRMAN proposed the fol lowing toasts :—" The Church and King"—" The Duke of York and the Army"—" The Duke of Clarence and the Navy"....." The rest of the Royal Family." The CJIAIRMAN then observed, that having been most unex pectedly called on to fill the office in which he then stood, it be came his pleasant duty to propose to the Meeting a toast, which he was sure they would all duly appreciate ; he meant the Arch bishop of Canterbury. When it was considered how muoh his Grace had contributed to the success of the Society, whose inte rests they were then met to advance, there could be but one feel ing as to the manner in which the name of that high Dignitary of the Church of England wo u ld he reoeived....-(Applause.)—He would conclude by proposing " The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury." The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of their excellent diocesan, " the Bishop of London." As long as he (the Chair man) had been connected with the Society, ho had ever found that Right Reverend Prelate among the foremost in the advancement of its interests, both by his personal attendance, at its several meet ings, notwithstanding his weighty and important avocations else where, and also in every way in which his influence could be ex cited to the extension of the operation of the Society.-..(Applause. ) The. Bishop of LONDON returned thanks to the Chairman for the manner in which he had proposed his health, and to the com pany for the manner in which they had received it. The success of the Society was an object of the deepest interest to him, and hie most *Wow; endeavours should never be wanting towards its sup port and encouragement. The CHAIM:4AX then observed, that he had to call the atten tion of the Meeting to a subject in which he bad no doubt he was anticipated—the subject of their present meeting. He heartily Congratulated the friends of the Institution on the success which had already attended its labours. When he first joined the So ciety, the Members amounted to more than 2,000. He had now the satisfaction of stating that they exceeded 15,000..—(Ap plause.)—He could dilate with pleasure on the benefits which the Society had conferred on mankind, did he not fear that he should thereby be intruding on the province of their Secretary, who was so much more capable to detail its advantages; he would there fore propose that the Secretary should read the Report. The Rev. W. PARKER then entered into a general statement of the proceedings of the Society during the past year, exhibiting also the situation of its finances, and showing that, through the Society's means, the following number of Bibles, &c. had been cir culated within that period, viz. Bibles Testaments - - 68,008 • 8%056 Common Prayer Books - 165,152 Other bound books - 9503 Small Tracts - 916,742 Books and Papers - - 162,000 Total - 1,490,691 The CitAtKSIAN then proposed, "Prosperity to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge." The Bishop of LONDON observed, that he had to propose a toast to the Meeting, to which he was convinced they would all cordially and sincerely accede, when he announced that it was no other than the health of the Learned Judge who presided over this present Meeting. It was an honour to the high body to which that learned person belonged, that some one of its members inva riably attended all those meetings which had for their object the dissemination of the Christian religion. • Mr. Justice PARK returned thanks. lie assured the Meeting that his couvietiox had always been, that religion was the basis of law; it was the principle en which he had always acted, and the testimony of his conscience convinced him that he was right; no law could be good that was not founded on religion.--(Applawie.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Stewards. The Bishop of Dunstan: thanked the Meeting, on behalf of himself and his brother Stewards, 14 the honour which had been conferred upon them, and for the manner in which the Company had appreciated their exertions. The CKAIRMAN proposed the " Health' of the Treasurers of the Society ;" he thought that they were deserving of their warmest Oinks for the careful manner in which the funds of the Society hid been husbanded by them, as the accounts very plainly showed- that great gains had accrued to the Institution by the mode in which its expenditure had been conducted. Archdeacon CAMIIRInGZ and J. WATSON, Esq. the Treasurers, returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN observed, that he had but that moment been made acquainted with the presence of a Gentleman whose exer tions in promoting the interests of the Society in a distant settle ment had often been made the theme of approbation among the friends of the Institution ; he alluded to Archdeacon Barnes, who had as he understood, but very recently returned from Bombay. He would therefore propose his health to the company. Archdeacon BARN/S said, that he could not adequately express his feelings for the honourable mention which had been so un 7 meritedly made both of his name and exertions. If. could assure the meeting, that all his efforts for the furtherance of Christianity in the East would have bun unavailing, had they not been sup ported by the Parent Society at home. The health* of the Secretaries, the Rev. Mr. Parker and the Rev. A L M. Campbell, were next proposed. The Rev. A. Di. Castrarm, returned thanks. Lord Kinerow, with the permission of the Chair, proposed the health of the liar, observing, that the most religious mein hers of it were always to be found among its brightest orna ments. The MTORNEY-GZNERAL returned thanks in the same of the Ilar. lie remarked, that its exertions could never be so well lie,- stowed, as when they were employed in supporting the interests of religion. After a few other touts for the prosperity of those estabiish meets which are connected with the promotion of the Christian Religions the.Chairpnan quitted the Chair s and the company se parated, . . A Lovitn'ti STRATAGENI.--Acontius fell in love with the high-born cydippe at the sacrifices in the Temple of Diana, an oath uttered in which was, by a law in Cea, irrevo cable. The youtb, having procured an apple, wrote upon it to this effect :—" _By Dian., will marry Aconlius." He then watched his opportunity, and dung it into Cydipp e ' s bosom. The virgin rea d it, thna inadvertently pronouncing gained by his apple alatest as much . as Ad A ju jot 13 .ith-- Monthly Nagai/sc. the oath ; and Acoutins GENERAL ELECTION. To MEMBERS, CANDIDATES, COMMITTEES, and ELECTORS.—Being anxious to give the fullest and most correct account of the Elections throughout the Kingdom, we shall be very thankful to any Gentle. man immediately interested, to favour us by post or otherwise, with the state of the Polling, and other matters connected with the Election, in his Town or County. BARNSTAPLE.—Sir Francis Ommaney retires ; Mr. Alderman Atkins having also withdrawn, the only candidates are Mr. Henry Alexander and Mr. Hodgson, who are likely to walk over the course. CoLcintsntn.—The late hour at which Mr. Wildman announced his determination to decline coming forward as a candidate to represent the borough of Colchester in the new Parliament, had thrown the respectable part of the • electors into some difficulty, which has, however, been most satisfactorily removed, by a deputation sent by the unanimous voice of the body corporate, who waited upon Sir George Henry Smyth, Bart. of Berechurch-hall, when that gentleman, after the most pressing invitation, con sented to offer himself. To Sir G. H. Smyth, whose character stands pre-eminent as a country gentleman, every free burgess will most cheerfully tender his vote, if justice, honour, integrity, and the love of his country, faithfully influence him in the exercise of that right which was delegated under the most sacred injunction,—that he should reject, with honest indig nation, every candidate who did not practice the like virtuous principles.---Ezsex Herald. HEREFORD.--The pledge of numerous of the freemen of the city of Hereford to support and vote for Lord Eastnor, at the next election, although hav ing intimated his intention of retiring, and to which 375 signatures were attached, having been forwarded to Eastnor Castle, the Hon. James Somers Cocks has replied thereto, expressing himself « satisfied" that his brother, notwithstanding his public declara tion, " will, with 'sincere thanks, accept their most flattering offer of support." LINCOLN.—Mr. Fazakerly, Mr. Corbett, and Mr. Nolan, are candidates. A Requisition, signed by a very numerous body of Freemen, has been sent to Colonel Sibthorp, soliciting that Gentleman to come forward, and another to Mr. John Williams. MAIDSTONE,—It is rumoured that Mr. Wells re tires. We have not heard that any other candidate has yet offered. STAFFORD.—The secession of Sir George Chet wynde, Bart., from the representation of Stafford, and his retirement altogether from Parliament, are now placed beyond all doubt. B. Benyon, Esq., the other sitting Member, also takes his leave of the Stafford burgesses at the dissolution of the present Parliament. Two candidates—lt. Ironmonger, Esq., who was unsuccessful in 1820, and It. Benson, Esq„ who re presented the borough in a former Parliament, have issued addresses to the electors. J. Campbell, Esq., we understand, is also holding himself in readiness, and will be down immediately on the event of a disso lution. WAnwlcKo—Sir C. Graville and Mr. Tomes, are expected to be returned without opposition. IRELAND. (From the Dublin Evening Post. ) In Ireland there.is no doubt that a very material change will take place, and for the better. We shall now return to the general view of the state of the re presentation, and of the pretensions of the respective candidates. We shall begin with Ulster. . COUNTY OF ARMAGH.—This, which is the seat of the Primacy, is one of the most thoroughly Pro testant Church of England, and we w ere going to say, Orange counties in Ireland. Yet this county, and without the slightest contest, will return two of the most strenuous friends and supporters of catholic emancipation—Colonel Caulfield, brother of the Earl of Charlemont, and Charles Brownlow. We have heard a great deal of what is called the ascendancy interest ; but here is a high ascendancy county, and yet they cannot get an aseudancy-man : indeed, they are not looking for any to represent their Toryism and loyalty in Parliament. When we hear in future of the hostility of the Irish Protestants to Catholic emancipation, we shall constantly quote the county of Armagh as a reply. CITY OS ARMAGH.—The representation of this borough is vested in the Primate. It is now held by Mr. Stuart, the son of the late Archbishop. This gentleman, we imagine, will be compelled to resign in favour of some saintly scion of the noble house of Waterford. In short, we shall have a Beresford for the borough of Armagh. Now, although the loss of such a county as Waterford to a family who has used that county so long in the promotion of its personal aggrandizement, must be allowed in candour to be a severe check upon the pride of the Noble Marquis, yet wlien the church affords Lord George Beresford, as it llas done to so many of his family, a safe and honourable retreat, we would advise him as a friend to go into Parliament for the city of Armagh, and leave the county of 'Waterford for higher spirits to bustle in. Whether this,sage advice will be followed, we know not. But if it be not followed, the family will lose some 30,0001. or 40,0001., and the county besides.. COUNTY OF ANTRIM.—This is also an Orange county, but it will unfortunately be represented by Orangemen. A man with Miles:tan blood, or at least he has a Mileaian 0 to his name—a man who claims descent from the last Kings of Ulster. O'Neil him self will represent this county in copartnery with an English importation, Lord Beauchamp. The first, we need not mention, is the brother of one of our postmasters-general, and Grand Master of the Orange men of Ireland : the latter is the son of that respect able Peer the Marquis of Hertford. With respect to g the Hertford i n t erest , i t i s a param ount in the coun ty ; and although an abs en t ee , we are, in candour, bound to admit, that he is an excellent landlord. In fact, Lord Hertford could return the two Members if he pleased ; and we imagine that it is to his interest prin a melancholy fact, th at L or d O'Neil, notwithst a ndi ng cipally that Col. O'N e il w ill owe hi s return—for it is the stout part he has taken in behalf of the Orange men, has lost much of the influence which his family formerly possessed in this county. COUNTY or 1)0 w,N,This county is at present represented by two friends of emancipation. L or d Arthur Hill, the b ro th er of Lord Downshire, an d Mr. horde. It i s lik e l y, h oweve r, that the l a t ter w ill be obliged to retire from the representation, for the Purse of ulaideg room fol Lord Castlereagh, the son of Lord Londonderry, who is said to , be coming from the Continent, fo r th e purpose of offering himself to the electors. Although, God knows, the name o f Castlereagh produces any t hing but an agreeable as sociation, yet the present young man, while he has to answer for none of the sins I obis uncle, inherits all his attachment to the Catholic cause. That attach ment we believe to have been sincere ; but whether it was so or not, no reasonable doubt can be entertained of the sincerity of the present Lord Londonderry's son. COUNTY OF CAVAN.-It is well known to the readers of the Dublin Evening Post, that the pre sent members for the county of Cavan, Mr. Nathaniel Sneyd and Mr. Henry Maxwell, represent the Orange interest of that county. Of the present members it is only necessary to say, that Mr. Sneyd has personally no interest whatever, and that he will retire after the present dissolution. Mr. Maxwell has, of course, the interest of his uncle, Lord Farnham, and the Orange men, high and low. The new candidates spoken of are Coote, Southwell, Young, and Saunderson. But it is supposed that only one of them will stand. If these gentlemen clubbed their interest, we have good reason to know that any two of the three would turn out the sitting members. But there are so many , shades of Purple, Orange, Green, and Blue in their opinions, that we are afraid it is vain to hope for such a junCtion. But certainly one liberal member might be placed in Parliament by a judicious junction of any two of them. It is supposed that such a junction has taken place, and that Mr. Southwell is the gentle man selected, as the fit and proper person for liberat ing the county. (From the Dublin Patriot.) CITY OF DUBLIN.—The three candidates hitherto named for this city, are—Sir J. Kingston James, Bart., Alderman Shaw, and Henry Grattan, Esq. Sir J. K. James, Bart., goes upon what is called the Corporation interest—that is, he is a true blue, an ascendancy man, an advocate for good old nuisances, and mischief as it is, rather than improvement, as it ought to be. To do Sir J. K. James justice, how ever, although he differs with us in our conscientious conviction as to some measures which we deem neces sary for the country—it is only a difference of means ; Sir J. K. James is, we believe, opposed to Catholic emancipation, but he has not mingled himself with the violent abettors of factious excitements. The amiable private character of Alderman Shaw is well known in public life ; though returned by the Cor poration,_ he has voted for Catholic em a ncip a tion. This vote was contrary to his interest as a candidate, and must have been therefore conscientious. Had not he done so, his election would now have been secure. Mr. H. Grattan is the candidate of the liberal interest, and the son of the immortal Grattan : his return is considered certain. COUNTY DUBLIN.—There have been for some time four candidates named for this county, the old members, Messrs. Talbot and White, and two new ones, Lord Brabazon and Mr. Hamilton. The three former of these gentlemen are liberal in their princi ples, and it became a painful alternative in which the liberal electors were placed, to be obliged, in case Lord Brabazon should persevere in offering himself, either to vote against a . young nobleman, whose character, principles, and family rendered him an object of re spect, or else oppose those who, with all these claims to confidence and attachment, had the added claims of tried services, promises fulfilled, and long-continued intercourse of personal and political friendship. To oppose the old members would, therefore, have been ingratitude—to oppose Lord Brabazon would be a painful duty. A respectable deputation waited upon this young nobleman, to represent these facts, and he has, in compliance with it, relinquished the present contest, though not his future claims. It is still forty-shillingsup wth the v ass als , tof hhs contestnot t r a! e n t iti o il tcr anticipate ge bo f,aneyve pr obability i 1 wised by many that Mr. H am ilt on , h av i ng un d er h is e best-informed influence t i n l a f c i o i e d r a m t h e large doI lr final success. THE COLLEGE.-Mr. Plunkett will be again re turned, should no circumstances occur to induce him to decline offering himself. But should he stand, he will not be opposed by Mr. Croker or -Mr. North ; and as for poor Mr. Moore, should he indeed exhibit himself to the ridicule of a contest, it will be exactly w h a t is wanted to render the victory of Mr. Plunkett, and the triumph of rational and expanded principles of public policy, more striking, and the disgrace at tached to imbecility, united with presumption, more complete and exemplary. Should Mr. Plunkett de cline offering himself, the contest will then be between Mr. Croker and Mr. North. There are about 95 electors in College ; some of these are probably un qualified as being under age. Mr. Croker having canvassed the College on a former occasion, gives him a great advantage over . Mr. North. The consequence is, he has, we understand, promises from forty-six, and there are about twenty who have not yet decided— so that, deducting a fow under age, the twenty unde cided, and five or six who, and they now regret it, un thinkingly committed themselves by p romises to Mr. Moore, Mr. North's strength may be pretty nearly ascertained. Had he not Mr. Croker opposed to him, there could be no possible doubt of his success. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING. [From a Correspondent.) By the comparative statements of British and Foreign tonnage which have entered the several ports of Great Britain for the last ten years ending the sth of January, 1826, printed by order of the House of Commons, it appears that In 1825 the British amounted to 2,786,844 tons. In 1816 1,966,890 Inci ease - 819,954, or 41i per cent. In 1825 the Foreign amounted to 892,601 tom In 1816 - - 817,577 Increase - 675,024, or 181 per cent, To judge, however, more correctly of the effect which the reciprocity system has had in increasing the amount of foreign tonnage employed in the trade of Great Britain, it becomes necessary to confine the statement to those places from which foreign shipping have competed with British. From such pods it ap pears that In 1826 the British amounted to 1,133,60 tons. In 1816 - 750,219 !mean - 583,330, or 60 per cent. Foreign tonnage as above. Increase 576 , 024, or 1 8 1 per cent. So that, although the liberal policy adopted by Great Britain encouraged the employment of the shipping of friendly States, yet it appears that a greater portion of British tonnage wag e mployed in trading with th ose States after the new system came into operation. It further appears , by dissecting the statement, that the British tonnage employe d in trade with places from which no importations are allowed in f ore i gn In vI In sc8:21114, tow.. 1,64295 tons. amounted : - - 1,216,671 . Increase 4 36,624, or 36 per cent. Last year, there were exported from Great Britain, goods, ac cording to the official estimates, of the value of 56435,5144 I le: 2d. ; of which, 29,496,576/. was in cotton goods alone; 15,926 ; 5741, in woollen; 'and 2;709,7661, ix linens. PRICES OP /STOCKS Till Bank Stock. 2011 S per Cent. Rect. S per Cent. Cow 79 34 per Cent. Ditto Red 844 5 4 per Cent. New ....... ........ 93 i Ditto 3cnp 41 pm. Bank Long Ann 184 13.16 India Stock 287 8 Ditto Bonds 6 7 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bondi, 5 per tent Brazilian Bondi. Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. 4l Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 40% 1% 40% Danish, Spec cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, Ism l4 % Guatunala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1925 .61 ENDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan. 1824 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New, S per cent....78i1 Spanish, 1821, per cent. ... % 180 French Renter, 5 p. c —f — c• Exchange --c. per cent. -f. Exchange...... —4, . PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE ()CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Anglo Mexican Mining Company .fso 574 Brazilian Mining Company l5 19 W A Columbian Mining Company lO Mexican Mining Company l5 S},i Pasco Peruvian Mining Company ..... Real del Monte Mining Company 4OO United Mexican Mining Company 9O 194 Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company 25 1 Protector Fire Insurance Company 2 110 4 Provincial Bank of Ireland l5 West India Company 5 3 2k .... COURSE OF EXCID Amsterdam C.F. 12 7 Ditto, at sight . l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. IS 8 Antwerp , 12 8 Hamburgh 2)6 1.37 7 Altona 934 U. 37 8 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 9 U. 25 90 Bordeaux 25 9Q Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 155 Petersburgh, role 3 Us. 834 Vienna, effective ti Y M. 10 112 Trieste do. Madrid 3.5 Cadiz 33 Bilboa Barcelona 33 Seville 33 Gibraltar 3l Arrived " Due. I Dublin ~. .. 0 I Waterford . 0 O Guernsey& Jersey. 0 O Lisbon .. O Gottenburgh O Hamburgh I O Holland 0 O France .. 0 NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% 43% Genoa Venice Malta Naples 34* Palermo per os. 115 Lisbon SO% Oporto 4 y Rio Janeiro Bahia 40% 43 Buenos Ayres ..... . ........ Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork aVLLION, VAR 03. i• cl• Portugal Gold, in coin.... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bar 5.... ., 3 17 6 New Doubloons ............ 0 0 0 New Dollars ............ , ... 0 4 i l l Silver, in bars, stands 4 LS. Arrived. nue. O Flanders ............... 0 O Jamaica ..... . ....... • Leeward lits . nds... O Ma1ta............ 0 O America. ............. I O Brasil .. . ................ • 0 O Buenos Ayres HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORR OWE. Morning . ..... . 42 Minute. after 10. I Evenin 10 minute tin un. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1826' datedF r a nc . a l We received last express, the Courier night by il ugs of bu t r h g ear , of the Emperor o f M ay A instant. They 28th, and the Etoile, dated the 2911 i of the Chamber of Deputies, d ' political an contain no 1 principally filled with the debates news of importance. We regret to observe, by an articl e • who is so much beloved by is said that a state of Marasmus, the effects of which AUSTRIA R t l h A at : s h e vsetraytealost:ltilitiengh.ealtih.t cannot be conquered by art, undermines his strength. We are very apprehensive that the life of this monarch, his people , is in consider able dan ger . The following a re the only extracts worth mating ' `- ( From the Courier Franca is, /AG May 28. ) AUGUR, M AY 22. (PitIvATE cORASSYONDSNCI.) " The accounts from Vienna confirm the report, that the s t a te of the health of the Emperor alarms his f aithful Austrian subjects. A state of ma rasmus , the effects of which cannot beennueourga -. Y 1 !7 art, undermines Id s h ea lth. His Majesty has pr affected by the new resistance manifested by the Die t t of Hung ll 9' n , oa occasion of the last answer made to that hotly by he Soveretig e authority. Several Deputise of cities, and several of the Ilaense3 nags, among whom, it is said, is Count Carob'', in the new act, which is to be presented to the Coure , 4 o 4 energetic reservation for the case, that it should not be sgreeu, remedy the abuses pointed out. This motion 'was not adoyted Y the Diet, but it has produced a great sensation at Vienn' (From the Etoik, dated Monday, May 29.) 41 s ) tyKTIA, ATIII4 20. 0. " It is said that there have been disturbances at Napoli di I! mania, caused _ by the bad news received in that town, respettwg the reverses of the Greeks, at Caryote , and elsewhere. , ~t s od •" It is also reported that the Senate has been dianolv — ; that the Gr ee k s intend to make a new Constitution, _that Wore' eordato has tak e n flight, and even that he is concealed in Senyrdua. " It is said that Rear-Admiral de Itigny has blockades' fly 01 : have proposed to i . r . ..t , to force the Hydriot to give him satisfitction for some acts of .I: , ' racy committed on French ships. Commodore IhalliitO blav: sailed from Smyrna for Ipsara , to punish the pirates wh ° Coorle _ fired ors some 'of the crew of the Alacrity brig. Tbe der of the Austrian division is also on a cru i s e, to exact 50 00'., tion from the Greek pirates. " rAgig, )lAY " The Austrian Observer, after giving the d etails of thelllkig of Missolonghi, says `" The brave garrison of Missoloughi, worthy of a fast:: better was the flower of the warriors of Gresew. They were lA' Lots, remarkable for their invincible valour and perseverance. oda " It seems that Ibrahim's flan is to send his troops Wy e co Romania, and lay siege to it, while the fleet, sailing the h Isthmus of Corinth, ascending the Gulp's of Lepanto. T h ° c Nsp°l' d t R Egyptian army, in two or three marches, may r el-b the i peninsula, would come and blockade it by b also thoo4lott. the Seraskier will go to Athens, the citadel of which he w i l/ 1 ,,, vest, combining his operations with those of the Paella of pont. The position of Napoli, however , is so strong , th at N e ill /it.• not be easy for the Egyptians to make themselves m asters 0 . citadel,TYu duced except by famine. May this isnagiusry cutastroidie be to° last of this unhappy struggle!' " roun In our Paper of Friday r. , w °inserted the the Constituted AuthoritieS of the College of Sur geons, to the charges which have so long, find so 1111' ceremoniously, been brought against them by certain members of the profession. • ' ; s s. The education commonly given to surgeon.' ! ceedin ly ' g liberal and enlightened, and their acqiiire: went* both in literature and science are for the inc) ,, s a theY au part highly respectable ; to these advantages that ° I. a (from the very nature of their profession) der very extensive introduction in society. We eeln il i the surgeons to form at present a large , and elc eet - ingly influential portion of the community; it is' there. fore,' with great regret that we have r emarked.° extfirt. • heti sive schism in the profession, a schism as distingu is iri a nswer by the acrimony—the headstrong ungentlen't,': ' , hence of the assailants—as by the tamper e n " ness of the party attacked. In proof of the &fi t 1', 0 2 of our assertion, we need only allude to ' a putlli Niti n " , unequalled for scurrility and abuse , an d for the le!' b b tittit e ness of the weapons it finds it conven ien t to ea Ito for argument an d common sensd , whi ch is ,§411( 0, maintain a very extensive circula tion among the ill" hicb eating portion of the profession. Wo can scarce grant that t o be a science, in /Y the judgments of all, possessing the requisite ietellev DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ..... ...... : Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. .8 9 pm. Ditto BOO 2d. 8 9 pin. Ditto Satan . 8 9 prn. Ditto Adverti sed Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account